Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong, Indonesia and Taiwan gained more than 2%. Europe is currently down across the board, but only Norway is down 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a down open for the cash market, but considering yesterday’s vertical rally into the close, the […]
Before the Open (Oct 10)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed, and there weren’t many standouts. India gained 2%; Singapore gained 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. Norway is up 2% and London 1% but Austria is down 3.7%. Futures here in the States point towards a large gap up open […]
Before the Open (Oct 7)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific market closed mostly up. Hong Kong rallied 3.1%, Australia, India and South Korea more than 2%, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed; there are no big winners or losers. About 35 minutes before the employment numbers were released […]
Before the Open (Oct 6)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. Somber times in tech land as the world learned of Steve Jobs passing. In modern times he had no equal. If you judge a man by the number of lives he touched or as Warren Buffett says, the number of people who love you, Jobs stands alone.
Before the Open (Oct 5)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed; there were noticeable movers in both directions. Australia and Malaysia gained more than 1%. South Korea dropped 2.3% and Hong Kong dropped 3.4%. Europe is up across the board. Most of the indexes are up at least 1.5%, and about half are up 2% or more. […]
Before the Open (Oct 4)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea each dropped more than 3%. Europe is currently down across the board. London, Stockholm, Germany, France and Belgium are currently down more than 3%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down for the cash market.
Before the Open (Oct 3)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across the board. Indonesia dropped more than 5%; Hong Kong lost more than 4%; Australia, Singapore and Taiwan more than 2%. Europe is currently down across the board. Germany, France and Amsterdam are down more than 2%. Futures here in […]
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Before the Open (Sep 30)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong lost 2.3% and India 1.5% while New Zealand gained 1.3%. Europe is currently down across the board. Other than Norway, every market is down at least 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a relatively big gap down open for the cash market […]
Trend Qualification and Trading
A key to trading is determining what personality the market is exhibiting at any given time. Is it trending; is it range bound; are breakouts getting follow through? Once the “type of market” is identified, trading actually isn’t that hard. If the market trends up, you’ll buy dips or breakouts. If the market is range […]